Aussie Pythons and Snakes

base2aau · #31 31-May-06, 10:08 PM

Ok I will drop the temp to 30 degrees

he is a spotted python

I just bought a cheap red party light a bunnings tonight,

He looks so happy under the high heat.

Valley Reptile Supplies · #32 31-May-06, 10:16 PM

so u have a heat mat and the light on is this correct

base2aau · #33 31-May-06, 10:18 PM

actualy just light

Valley Reptile Supplies · #34 31-May-06, 10:25 PM

kk np

Valley Reptile Supplies · #35 31-May-06, 10:26 PM

i do apoligise for posting all this in this thred but it just happend

Deb64 · #36 31-May-06, 10:30 PM

Just out of interest sake... they say reptiles cant see red light.. have you ever tried shining a heat gun in your enclosure at night.. i have had dragons chasing the lil red dot all over the enc and pythons have reacted to the dot coming near them...

base2aau · #37 31-May-06, 10:37 PM

hi Deb,

I am trying to heat with a lamp tonight it is getting really cold, what maximun temp should I be looking for?

I am just a bit worried about him getting too cold?

Deb64 · #38 31-May-06, 10:43 PM

Jason I still have my hatchies on a heat cord that way i know they are getting enought heat if they need it.I try to maintain a warm spot of 30 to 32 on one end at all times for them

base2aau · #39 31-May-06, 10:53 PM

ok I just thought he might not be getting enough heat with just a heat cord.

He just has just been sitting in his hide at night and not coming out.

I put him under the lamp for a while tonight and he is so active now.

I had the temp as high as 37 degrees but i noticed that he was way too hot when he started laying in his water bowl.

So i dropped the temp down to 32 degrees now.

I think I will put him back onto heat cord tonight

Wrasse · #40 31-May-06, 10:53 PM

base, pick up a small heat cord or mat if you can, that way you can dump the light that heats the whole click clack up and the heat cord/mat will give you a gradient.
Set the cord/mat up and put only one quarter/one third of the click clack onto the heat source. (Make sure the heat isn't too hot, stick a thermo on the inside base of the click clack to monitor it, or you could end up with a burnt tummy).
Add two empty light globe packets, one at the warm end and one at the cool end. That way the little python can move onto the warm, or wander down into the cooler area as it wants.
Keep the water at the end away from the heat source to ensure you don't increase humidity in the click clack.

Wrasse · #41 31-May-06, 10:54 PM

oh, you have a heat cord. Ignore me

Rennie · #42 31-May-06, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deb64

Just out of interest sake... they say reptiles cant see red light.. have you ever tried shining a heat gun in your enclosure at night.. i have had dragons chasing the lil red dot all over the enc and pythons have reacted to the dot coming near them...

Yeah I noticed that too, shine the dot onto the lizards foot to see it try to eat its own foot

I think the idea of the coloured lights isn't that they can't see it at all but that its not as bright so it simulates moonlight, the wild is rarely pitch black at night either remember (except in caves, burrows, etc).

base2aau · #43 31-May-06, 11:07 PM

yes i normally use a heat cord but i just noticed that he still looked a bit cold.

I guess the light was more of a treat.

But good to hear from you again wrasse

Frank · #44 14-Jun-06, 02:02 PM

base I started with a Blonde Maccie and had her in a chinese container and as she grew i changed container. For a period of about 12 months she went from container to container and the only source of heat was a heat mat unless we took hjer out side on the grass in the sun. Experiment with the mat under only half of the container and use a thermometer and check temps on a reg basis from one end of the enc to the other until you find a heat gradient from 32 to 28. Now she is 18 months old and in her final enc heated with ceramic heat and a blue or red buld depending what I have at the time set on a timer from 6pm till 1 am so the family can watch her when she comes out to hunt or heat up more. Also in the container screw in a piece of dowl wood for him/her to climb over for excerise. people say they are ground dwelling, I have a 3 pronged gum branch and mine loves climboing all over it.
She usuall sits in the fork and waits for me to feed her. like gripping to the side of a cave waiting for a bat or something.

Hope this helps.

Cheers Frank

boa · #45 14-Jun-06, 02:15 PM

I never use any kind of light bulbs for night time heat, only heat mats or heat cord or no extra heat at all. Having any sort of lights at night isn't going to be beneficial to the animals.